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Alsace, Jura, Savoie Flashcards

1
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When did Alsace receive AOC status?

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1962 - it was the last major French region to do so

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When percentage of Cremant d’Alsace Rosé must be Pinot Noir?

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100%

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Where are the vineyards of Alsace located? What is the best exposure?

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-Thin strand along the lower slopes and foothills of the Vosges
-Aspect is very important
-Southern, southeastern, & warm eastern exposures

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Alsace is said to be a geological mosaic, what different soil types are located there?

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-Granite
-Limestone
-Schist
-Clay
-Gravel
-Chalk
-Loess
-The local-pink sandstone (Grés de Vosges)

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Can VT wines show bortytis?

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Yes, but emphasize varietal purity

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Are Vendange Tardive wins required to be dry?

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Not obligated by statute to be sweet, the wines can vary in actual sugar, and can be quite dry

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What is the workhorse for Cremant d’Alsace?

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Pinot Blanc

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Since when must standard Alsatian AOP Riesling be dry?

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2008 vintage forward

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What was Pinot Gris formerly known as in Alsace?

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Tokay d’Alsace or Tokay Pinot Gris

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What are the major requirements in the vineyard for Grand Cru wines?

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-Hand-harvesting
-Min sugar must be higher than Alsace AOP
-Yields are more restrictive than Alsace AOP

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What are the min ABV’s for Alsatian Grand Cru wines?

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-Riesling & Muscat - 11%
-Gewurztraminer & Pinot Gris - 12.5%

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12
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What is France’s smallest “région”?

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Alsace

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What are the two departments of Alsace? Which is generally considered the best?

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-Bas-Rhin
-Haut-Rhin (Best)

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What steadily replaced Traminer in Alsace through the latter half of the 19th century?

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Gewurztraminer (a pink berried clone of Traminer)

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What is the synonym for Savagnin in Alsace?

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Klevener

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What is “Grés de Vosges”?

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A local pink sandstone that can be found throughout Alsace

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What soil is generally found on the steeper mountain slopes?

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-Schist
-Granite
-Volcanic Sediment

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What AOP in Alsace allows for noble and some non-noble grapes to be bottled varietally? What percentage must it contain? What is the exception?

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-Alsace AOP aka Vin d’Alsace AOP
-100%
-Except Pinot Blanc - often blended w/the similar, but non synonymous, Auxerrois
-Even if Auxerrois is bottled as a single variety, it may be labeled Pinot Blanc

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What non-noble varieties may be bottled varietally as Alsace AOP?

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-Pinot Blanc
-Chasselas
-Sylvaner
-Pinot Noir

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What are the permitted varieties for Cremant d’Alsace?

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-Pinot Blanc
-Pinot Noir
-Riesling
-Pinot Gris
-Auxerrois
-Chardonnay

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What are the min must weights for VT wines?

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-Muscat & Riesling - 235 g/l
-Pinot Gris & Gewurztraminer - 257g/l

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What is the smallest & largest Grand Cru vineyards in Alsace?

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-3ha (Kanzlerberg)
-80ha (Schlossberg)

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What are the main points of controversy for the Alsatian Grand Cru system?

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-Rapid development of the system
-The lack of intermediary premier cru level

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Klevener vs Gewurztraminer

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Klevener is less intensely aromatic than GW but higher in acidity

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25
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What is edelzwicker?

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An inexpensive blend
-Do not need to vintage dated
-Not required to be more than one grape (in practice they are blends)
-Do not need to indicate any % of grapes on the label

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What portion of Alsatian production is sparkling?

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Nearly a quarter

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Where is Lorraine located?

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Neighboring region to Alsace

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What Grand Cru does Trimbach’s Clos-Ste-Hune Riesling come from?

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Rosacker

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What is the synonym for Pinot Blanc in Alsace?

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Klevner

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What is the synonym for Chasselas in Alsace?

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Gutedel

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31
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What is Gentil?

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-A designation for blends
-Min 50% noble grapes - any other Alsace AOP grape may make up the rest
-Base wines are vinified separately

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Who is the staunchest advocate for field blends as the best approach for emphasizing Alsatian terroir?

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Marcel Deiss

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What soil do the lower slopes of Alsace sit on?

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Limestone base w/rich alluvial clay and gravel

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What portion of Alsace AOP wine is white?

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-90%
-18% of France’s still white production (2008)

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Wine simply labeled “Pinot” may contain any proportion of what related varieties?

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-Pinot Noir
-Pinot Blanc
-Pinot Gris
-Auxerrois

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What varietal is the largest volume of production for Alsace?

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Pinot Blanc & Auxerrois - when considered collectively

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What house chooses not to promote admissible wines as Alsace Grand Cru AOP?

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Hugel

(Trimbach does not label their Clos Ste Hune as Rosacker, but as of ‘09 they released Geisberg Grand Cru)

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What is the only red variety permitted to be Alsace AOP?

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Pinot Noir

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What are the AOPs of Lorraine?

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-Côtes de Toul AOP
-Moselle AOP

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40
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What is Côtes de Toul AOP?

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(Lorraine)
-Red - Pinot Noir (light)
-Rosé - pale vin gris style
-From a high proportion of Gamay & Pinot Noir
-White - Auxerrois & Aubin

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Describe Alsace’s climate. What is the major moderating influence?

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-Vosges Mountains - provides a rain shadow
-Semi-continental
-One of France’s driest & sunniest climates

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What are the two designations for late-harvest wines? When were they created?

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-1984
-Vendanges Tardive
-Sélections de Grain Noble’s

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What are the major requirements for VT and SGN to be labeled either Alsace AOP or Grand Cru AOP?

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-Contain a single, noble variety
-Pass a blind tasting panel

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44
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What is the capital of Haut-Rhin?

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Colmar

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45
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What is Alsace’s most planted noble grape?

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Riesling

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46
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What is last noble grape to ripen?

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Riesling

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When was Alsace Grand Cru system first proposed? When did the first appear? When were the rest promoted?

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1975 - first decreed- Schlossberg
-1983 - 24 vineyards received the designation
-1985 - Another 25 vineyards promoted
-2007- 51st was promoted - Kaefferkopf

-2011- the actual number of Alsace Grand Crus increased from 1 to 51 as each received their own AOP

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48
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What is the Moselle AOP?

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(Lorraine)
Red, white, rosé
-Principally from Auxerrois and Pinot Noir

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49
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Klevner vs Klevener

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-Klevner - Pinot Blanc
-Klevener - Savagnin

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What is the only AOP in Alsace to allow Chardonnay?

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Cremant d’Alsace AOP

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51
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What is Savagnin Rose?

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A pink berried clone of Traminer - aka Klevener

-Five communes may bottle this varietally under the Alsace AOP
-but vineyards may not be replanted
-designation expires in 2021

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52
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What are the noble grapes of Alsace?

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-Riesling
-Pinot Gris
-Muscat
-Gewurztraminer

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What clones of Muscat are permitted as a noble variety?

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-Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains
-Muscat Rosé à Petits Grains
-Muscat Ottonel

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54
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Where are there still a few plantings of Klevener?

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Heiligenstein in the Bas Rhin

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Are SGN wines required to be sweet?

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No, but in practice are always dessert-like

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What are the min must weights for SGN?

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-Muscat & Riesling - 276g/l
-Pinot Gris & Gewurztraminer - 306g/l

(@306 amongst the highest min must weights in France)

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57
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What 2 Grand Cru vineyards allow for blending according to prescribed proportions?

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-Altenberg de Bergheim
-Kaefferkopf

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What is the historical site for Sylvaner?

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-Zotzenberg
-Allows for Sylvaner varietal Grand Cru wines

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59
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What are the two designations for Alsatian blends?

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Gentil & Edelzwicker

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What is the standard AOP for the Jura?

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Côtes du Jura AOP
(Red, white, rosé)

61
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What grapes are permitted for Côtes du Jura AOP red wines?

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-Poulsard (Ploussard)
-Trousseau
-Pinot Noir

62
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What is Savagnin known locally as in the Jura?

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Naturé

63
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What is Chardonnay known as in the Jura?

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Gamay Blanc

64
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What is the grape of Vin Jaune in Jura?

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Savagnin

65
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What are the permitted grapes for Vin de Paille in Jura?

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-Poulsard
-Chardonnay
-Savagnin
-Trousseau
-Pinot Noir is EXCLUDED

66
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In poor vintages (like 1980 & 1984), what may the wines of Chateau Chalon be declassified as?

A

Côtes du Jura AOP

67
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What is Altesse known as in Savoie?

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Roussette

68
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What is the most common grape of Savoie?

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Jacquère - not the best quality though

69
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What is the regional appellation for Altesse in Savoie?

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Roussette de Savoie
-100% varietal
-Chard no longer allowed for blending

70
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What communes may append their name to Roussette de Bugey AOP? Varietal?

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-100% Altesse
-Montagnieu
-Virieu le Grand

71
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What are the 3 communal appellations of Jura?

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-Arbois
-L’Etoile
-Chateau Chalon

72
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What is the Jura’s leading wine village?

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Arbois

73
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What is the home of Louis Pasteur?

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Arbois

74
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What 4 communes may append their name to Roussette de Savoie AOP?

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-Frangy
-Marestel
-Monterminod
-Monthoux

75
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What is produced under the Seyssel AOP?

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Vin Tranquille Blanc (Sec and Demi-Sec): 100% Altesse
Varietal-Labeled Molette (Tranquille): 100% Molette
Vin Mousseux Blanc: Min. 10% Altesse, plus Chasselas and Molette

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What is vin de paille? What is the min must weight?
How long must it be aged?

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-AKA straw wine
-Ripe, but not botrytized, grapes are left to dry for a min of 6 weeks
-Must achieve min must weight of 320g/l
-Aging - min 3 yrs (18 months in neutral wood)

77
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What AOPs of Jura may produce vin de paille?

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-Arbois
-L’Etoile
-Côtes du Jura

78
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What Savoie AOP located north of Lake Bourget produce dry and off-dry still mousseux wines?

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Seyssel AOP

79
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What is Chateau Chalon?

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-A commune
-Specializes in Vin Jaune
-Must be the classic vin jaune style

80
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What is the grape of vin jaune? How long is it kept in barrel? What is the difference between this and fino sherry?

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-Exclusively Savagnin
-Post-fermentation, it is kept in barrel until Dec 15th of the 6th year following harvest
-The wine is not topped up
-The voile, or veil, develops
-Unlike sherry, it is not fortified

81
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What 3 crus are located along the shores of Lake Geneva in Savoie and require a min 80% Chasselas?

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-Marignan
-Ripaille
-Crépy

82
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What is Roussanne known as in Savoie?

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Bergeron

83
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What production method is Crémant du Jura AOP? When was it established?

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-Méthode Traditionelle
-1995

84
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What is macvin du Jura? What colors can it be? How long must it be aged?

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-Vin de liqueur
-Aged marc is added to unfermented grape must
-May be red, rosé or white
-Must be aged in oak for one year after mutage

85
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What appellation in Savoie can produce Méthode Ancestrale Rosés?

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Bugey Cerdon

86
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When did Bugey AOP get upgraded? What color wines?

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May 2009
-Red, rosé, white

87
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What is the required bottle for Chateau Chalon?

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-A clavelin
-A squat 62 cl bottle

88
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Of the 12 communes, what is the only one that is allowed to append its name to Arbois AOP?

A

Pupillin

89
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Describe the L’Etoile AOP. What grapes are permitted?

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-White wine only appellation
-Chard, Poulsard (generally the blanc mutation), and Savagnin
-Generally bottled late in an oxidative style

90
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What are the 3 most common red grapes for red and rosé vin de Savoie?

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-Gamay
-Mondeuse
-Pinot Noir

91
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Which cru in Savoie is 100% exclusively Roussanne?

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Chignin-Bergeron

92
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What grapes are the best Savoie whites produced from?

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-Altesse
-Roussanne (Bergeron)
-Chardonnay

93
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What is western Europe’s largest body of water?

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Lake Geneva (known as Lac Léman in France)

94
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What grapes are permitted for Côtes du Jura AOP white wines?

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-Typically 100% Chard (Gamay Blanc)
-Savagnin

95
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What grapes are permitted for Côtes du Jura AOP rosé wines?

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-Can include all 5 grapes

-Poulsard
-Trousseau
-Pinot Noir
-Chardonnay
-Savagnin

-Usually made in a vin gris style

96
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Capital of Alsace Lorraine

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Strasbourg

97
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Better vineyards of Alsace get what type of exposure?

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South, southeastern or eastern (to maximize sunlight)

98
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Lower slopes of Alsace typically have ___ soils:

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They sit on a limestone base

99
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Plains at the base of the mountains in Alsace typically have ___ soils:

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Richer alluvial clay and gravel

100
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Last Alsatian grand cru to be added:

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Kaefferkopt in 2006

101
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Altenberg de Bergheim and Kaefferkopt are known for:

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Being grand crus allowed to use blends

102
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Zotzenberg is known for:

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Using Sylvaner in their grand cru wines

103
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What is the general minimum alcohol for Alsace grande cru muscat?

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11%

104
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The term VT was authorized for use by Alsatian producers in:

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1984

105
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Which grand crus of Alsace can produce blends?

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Altenberg de Bergheim and Kaefferkupt

106
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Sylvaner may be bottled as a single varietal in which grand cru of Alsace?

A

Zotzenberg

107
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Of the 4 noble grapes of Alsace, which typically have less acidity?

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Muscat and Gewürztraminer

108
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Gewürztraminer is genetically linked to which grape of Jura?

A

Savagnin

109
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Most northerly grand cru of Alsace

A

Steinklotz

110
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Most southerly grand cru in Alsace

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Kaefferkopt

111
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What 5 communes can bottle Klevener de Heilgenstein?

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Heilgenstein; Bourgheim; Gertwiller; Goxwiller; Obernai

112
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When was Alsace Grand Cru AOP first proposed? What was the first promoted vineyard?

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1975- Schlossberg

113
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What is the harvest method required for Alsace Grand Cru?

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hand harvesting

114
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What is the minimum abv required for Riesling and Muscat?

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11%

115
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What is the minimum abv required for Pinot Gris and Gewurz?

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12.5%

116
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When were the designations VT and SGN created?

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1984

117
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What are the red only subzones of Alsace?

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Ottrott, Rodern, Saint Hippolyte

118
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What subzone can make red and whites in Alsace?

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Cote de Rouffach

119
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What is the minimum potential alcohol for non-varietally labeled whites?

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9.5%

120
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What is the minimum potential alcohol for Pinot Blanc, Pinot, Riesling, and Auxerrios?

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10% (10.5% if labeled with subzone or lieu-dit)

121
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What is the minimum potential alcohol for Chasseslas, Muscat Ottonel, Muscat, and Sylvaner?

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9.5% (10.5% if labeled with subzone or lieu-dit)

122
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VT and SGN requirements:

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-Cannot be chapitalized; -Must be vintage dated; -VT must be late harvested and may be affected by bot; -SGN wines must be affected by bot and harvested in tries; -VT and SGN cannot be released until June 1 of the year following harvest

123
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All Alsatian wines must be bottled in…

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Vin du Rhin/ Flute d’Alsace bottle

124
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Where is Jura located?

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Eastern France (south of Alsace, east of burgundy) on the Swiss border.

125
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Soils of Jura

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Jurassic limestone & marl with a substantial amount of clay at the lowest sites

126
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Jura climate

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Continental with harshly cold winters

127
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Which appellation of Jura is white only?

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L’Etoile. Using Chardonnay, poulsard and savagnin. Typically bottled late in an oxidative style

128
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How long is chateau Chalon kept in barrel after fermentation?

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Until December 15 of the 6th year following harvest

129
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What is a ‘voille’

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A film-forming yeast that covers the wines surface, similar to the flor of sherry

130
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Clavelin

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The required bottle for a chateau Chalon wine. It’s a squat bottle that holds 62 cl (about 20 ounces)

131
Q

Elevage of vin de Paille from Jura.

A

Min 3 years including 18 months in neutral wood barrels

132
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What is the vin de liqueur appellation of Jura?

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Macvin du Jura

133
Q

Pupullin is a subzone of which Jura region?

A

Arbois

134
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Climate of Savoie

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Continental, moderated by lake Bourget and lake Geneva

135
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Red grapes of vin de Savoie AOP

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Gamay, mondeuse, Pinot noir

136
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White grapes of vin de Savoie AOP

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Jacquere (most common), but altesse, roussanne, and Chardonnay produce higher quality wines

137
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Seyssel AOP (Savoie)

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North of Lake Bourget. Dry, off-dry, and mousseux wines. Still wines = 100% altesse. Sparkling wines = min 10% altesse + molette & chasselas

138
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Bugey AOP (Savoie)

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Upgraded in may 2009. Red, rosé, and white wines. Sparkling wines labeled as Bugey-Cerdon

139
Q

4 communes of Roussette de Savoie AOP

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Frangy, Marestel, Monterminod, Monthoux

140
Q

2 communes of Rousette de Bugey AOP

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Montagnieu & Virieu Le Grand

141
Q

Most producers of Grand Crus of Alsace must declare their intent to make a grand cru wine by when?

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March 1st the year of harvest

142
Q

What are the two permitted training methods for Alsace Grand Cru wines?

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Single and Double Guyot

143
Q

Name 2 Grand Crus of the Bas Rhin

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Steinklotz
Zotzenberg

144
Q

Name 5 Grand Crus of the Haut Rhin

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Altenberg de Bergheim
Brand
Furstentum
Geisberg
Hengst
Kaefferkopf
Kanzlerberg
Kessler
Mambourg
Osterberg
Rangen
Rosacker
Saering
Schlossberg
Sommerberg

145
Q

What are the two clos vineyards of Rangen?

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Clos de Theobald- Schoffit
Clos St Urbain- Zind-Humbrecht

146
Q

What is the clos vineyard of Rosacker?

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Clos Ste Hune- Trimbach

147
Q

What are the blending proportions for Altenberg de Bergheim?

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50-70% Riesling
10-25% Pinot Gris
10-25% Gewurztraminer
Max 10% Chasselas + Muscat + Pinot Noir + Pinot Blanc

148
Q

What are the blending proportions for Kaerfferkopf?

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60-80% Gewurztraminer
10-40% Riesling
max 30% Pinot Gris
max 10% Muscat

149
Q

Name two Grand Crus of Alsace that do not allow for varietally labeled Muscat.

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Zotzenberg
Kaefferkopf

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